During this next month we see the end of summer and the start of a new season, autumn. What does this mean for us at Blacktoft?
Over the next few weeks, waders will give way to wildfowl. Of the waders still around we have 2 curlew sandpipers , lots of spotted redshank , ruff and some black-tailed...

40 snipe are now using marshland for a lot of sitting around. These amazingly marked birds peak during October at Blacktoft Sands and sit in full view of visitors to our hides. The challenge is to try and count them - at least 40 were on marshland this morning but how many more are there throughout the...